Vol. 20, No. 42 
U.N. to Begin Nuclear-Weapon Ban Treaty Negotiations in 2017
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Non-Proliferation
Russian Federal Assembly Approves PMDA Suspension
Russia’s Federal Assembly this week completed its approval of legislation suspending the bilateral agreement with the United States under which each country had committed to disposing of 34 metric tons of nuclear weapon-usable plutonium. The upper house of the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Doc Spells Out Changes for Environmental Management Personnel in Nevada
A small cadre of Energy Department Environmental Management personnel based at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nevada Field Office may soon get their own private office space to insulate them from NNSA personnel at the former nuclear weapons-testing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
GAO Releases Bid Protest Decision to Boeing’s B-21 Award Challenge
Pat Host Defense Daily In its unsuccessful bid protest of the Air Force’s B-21 award to Northrop Grumman, Boeing argued the service failed to give proper effect to the solicitation’s technical acceptability, according to a redacted bid protest decision released… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
SRS Stakeholders Say Temporary Funds Come With Uncertainty
Uncertainty and stress may be on the horizon for the Savannah River Site (SRS) workforce if Congress does not provide adequate and timely funding for operations at the Department of Energy facility in South Carolina, SRS stakeholders said earlier this week. Congress… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Lockheed Reports $11.6B in 3Q Net Sales, Highlights Disposition of IS&GS Business
Lockheed Martin Corp. on Tuesday announced net sales of $11.6 billion and net earnings of $1.1 billion for the third quarter of 2016. Net sales increased from $10.1 billion and net earnings from $756 million over the same quarter of 2015. Earnings per share spiked… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
DoD to Review Navy’s Ohio Replacement Sub In November
Marc Selinger Defense Daily The Pentagon plans to conduct a high-level review of the Navy’s Ohio-class replacement submarine program in early November, a key service official said Oct. 26. The Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) meeting, overseen by the Office of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
GAO Recommends Early Warning of Declining Unobligated LEU Inventory
The Department of Energy (DOE) should develop an early warning capability to address dropping quantities of unobligated low-enriched uranium (LEU), a trend that could jeopardize U.S. compliance with international nuclear cooperation agreements, the Government Accountability… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Non-Proliferation
Wrap Up: NNSA Hosts International Diplomats at NNSS, Offers to Host Inspection Training
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said it this week hosted international diplomats at the Nevada National Security Site and the National Atomic Testing Museum to offer demonstrations of nuclear security technologies. The semiautonomous Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]